Police Foundations LAW250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Communities First, Cultural Diversity, Deputy Chief Constable
30 May 2018
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POLICE FOUNDATIONS-LAW250
LECTURE 4
Crime Prevention and Community Policing
Structure of contemporary Canadian policing
• Policing is the largest component of the Canadian criminal justice system
• Five Canadian police services account for over 60% of all police officers in Canada
a. RCMP, Toronto police Service, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Surete du Quebec
(SQ) and city of Montreal police service (service de police de la Ville de Montreal, or
SPVM)
• Divisions:
1. Operational Patrol: patrol division, canine unit, identification squad, traffic, reserve or
auxiliary
2. Investigative: general investigation(detectives), major crimes, sexual offences
3. Support Services: information technology, communications center, victim services,
community services and crime prevention
4. Administrative: finance and payroll, property office
5. Human resources: staff development, recruiting, training
6. Office of the chief
Rank structure:
Rank structure in policing reflects a paramilitary organization, may differ between various police
organizations
a. Commissioned officers
• Chief constable, deputy chief constable
• Deputy commissioner, superintendents and inspectors
b. Noncommissioned officers
• Staff sergeants, sergeants
• Corporals, detectives and constables
Municipal policing Ontario
Staff sergeants= detective sergeant
Sergeant= detective
Constable= detective constable
Constables are 4th to 1st class and cadet in training
Other ranks---chief of police---deputy chief of police---senior officers---staff superintendent---
superintendent---staff inspector---inspector---staff sergeant---sergeant---constable
Majority of work is done by municipal police services
Provincial police services
Royal Canadian mounter police/ RCMP/ -Federal- youth, drugs
Regional police services
Indigenous police services
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Document Summary
Rank structure in policing reflects a paramilitary organization, may differ between various police organizations: commissioned officers, chief constable, deputy chief constable, deputy commissioner, superintendents and inspectors, noncommissioned officers, staff sergeants, sergeants, corporals, detectives and constables. Constables are 4th to 1st class and cadet in training. Other ranks---chief of police---deputy chief of police---senior officers---staff superintendent--- superintendent---staff inspector---inspector---staff sergeant---sergeant---constable. Majority of work is done by municipal police services. Royal canadian mounter police/ rcmp/ -federal- youth, drugs. Police accountability: rcmp act, police boards and police commissions, police conduct review agencies and adjudicative bodies. Internal units to investigate alleged misconduct on the part of officers. Investigate fellow police officers as objectively and neutrally as possible. If controversial, may request that officers from another police service conduct the investigation. Several models across canada address this question: dependent model. Contemporary roles of police: crime prevention, law enforcement, assistance to victims of crime, public order maintenance, emergency response.
